Pakistan has arrested two high-level al-Qaida terrorists of African origin, one with a multimillion dollar US bounty on his head, in a widening a sweep against al-Qaida’s vast web of operatives.

US OFFICIALS say the detailed surveillance photos and documents that prompted high terror warnings dated from as far back as 2000 and 2001, some of them well before the September 11 attacks.

VITAL information gained from the arrests of a senior al-Qaida terrorist and a militant computer expert highlights the progress Pakistan is making in the fight against terrorism.

Pakistan has captured two high-ranking al-Qaida terrorists, including one with a multi-million dollar US bounty on his head, in a sweep that has netted a number of other terror suspects, officials said today.